Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 22, 2012 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 21, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
May 16, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
May 15, 2012 |
1st report cal.821 |
May 01, 2012 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7149
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
2011-S7149 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §4403-f, Pub Health L
2011-S7149 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7149 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to applicants for certificates of authority to operate managed long term care plans PURPOSE: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to applicants for certificates of authority to operate managed long term care plans. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends the definition of eligible applicant in Public Health Law 4403-f to clarify that such an applicant may be a new entity applying for a certificate of authority. JUSTIFICATION: The Managed Long Term Care program was initially established as a demon- stration program in 1997. The program has evolved over the years and, more recently, as a result of the Medicaid Redesign Team recommendations and the subsequent budget actions, individuals who require long term care services are required to enroll in managed long term care plans. In order to ensure that this population of Medicaid consumers have access to a sufficient amount of plans and providers, it is necessary to clari- fy that new entities may apply to become an MLTC. Such entities must comply with Department of Health regulations related to certification and programmatic requirements, and the Department has the authority to
2011-S7149 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7149 I N S E N A T E May 1, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to applicants for certificates of authority to operate managed long term care plans THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 4403-f of the public health law, as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: (b) "Eligible applicant" means an entity controlled or wholly owned by one or more of the following: a hospital as defined in subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter; a home care agency licensed or certified pursuant to article thirty-six of this chapter; A NEW APPLICANT THAT IS APPLYING FOR A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, OR an entity that has received a certificate of author- ity pursuant to sections forty-four hundred three, forty-four hundred three-a or forty-four hundred eight-a of this article (as added by chap- ter six hundred thirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six), or a health maintenance organization authorized under article forty- three of the insurance law; or a not-for-profit organization which has a history of providing or coordinating health care services and long term care services to the elderly and disabled; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ALL SUCH ENTITIES SHALL ALSO COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATING TO MANAGED CARE. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the amendments to section 4403-f of the public health law, made by section one of this act, shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such section, and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15425-01-2
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